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Louisiana Collection

The bulk of the Louisiana and local history collections are kept at our East, North and Main branches. In addition to the materials listed below, we collect books on a wide variety of Louisiana related topics including tourism guides, biographies, history, Native-American cultures, and cookbooks. Fiction by Louisiana authors is shelved with the Louisiana collection.

Yearbooks

Nicholls State University
Louisiana State University
Terrebonne High School

Bound Magazines

Louisiana Life, Louisiana Conservationists, Louisiana History and Louisiana Literature are some of the bound magazines in the collection at the Main branch. There are also history and more than 200 genealogical magazines and newsletters in the collection at the Main branch.

City Directories

For Houma, Louisiana, dating back to 1967.

Local Newspaper and Index

The local newspapers for Terrebonne parish have bound indexes for the years 1855 - 1999. The newspapers are stored at the Main branch and are from 1988 - present.

History

Louisiana, Terrebonne parish and city of Houma history; historical houses and districts; history of churches and cemeteries and parish histories for many Louisiana parishes.

Laws

Code of Evidence, Civil Code, Children's Code, Revised Statutes, Code of Civil Procedure, Louisiana Constitution, Code of Criminal Procedure are stored at the Main branch.